Embarking on the Wondrous Journey
Precious soul, do not delay
embark on the wondrous journey
to the sea of meaning!

Remember, you have passed through many stages
do not resist, surrender to the journey.
Wash your wings from the earth’s clay
and follow the trail of those before you.
Do not linger in the potter’s shop
break the jug and flow with the stream of life.
Rush down from the mountain to the sea
for the mountain offers no refuge.
Do not wander east or west
aim straight at the sun!
From its light, like the moon,
you will sometimes be a crescent
and sometimes full.
~ Rumi

 

 

Dawna Markova wrote in “I will not die an unlived life”

I will not die an unlived life
I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire.

I choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible;
to loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.

I choose to risk my significance,
to live so that which came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom,
and that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.”

time journey aheadWhen I was younger, I didn’t think too much about how quickly life goes by.  It’s as a middle aged person I recognize that at a certain point, I’ve already lived more days than I’ve got left.    And, as June Carter and Johnny Cash sang, “time’s a wastin.”

 

Have you been hiding from life in some way?  Are you being called to something new – to break open the container you’ve been living in?  What is the wondrous journey you’re being called to?